First Century of National Existence: The United States as They Were and are ... Mineral Wealth ... Public Lands ... Internal Trade ... Immigration ... Banking ... Insurance ... Literature and Authors ...L. Stebbins, 1874 - 586 pages |
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... soon after their settlement , the earliest of which were on the James river , in Virginia . Beverly , in his " History of the Present State of Virginia , " published in London in 1705 , makes mention of iron works which were commenced ...
... soon after their settlement , the earliest of which were on the James river , in Virginia . Beverly , in his " History of the Present State of Virginia , " published in London in 1705 , makes mention of iron works which were commenced ...
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... soon followed , as the charcoal fur- naces gave place to larger ones constructed for anthracite . The Lehigh valley , lying on the range of the iron ores toward the south- west , also produced large quantities of ore , which , however ...
... soon followed , as the charcoal fur- naces gave place to larger ones constructed for anthracite . The Lehigh valley , lying on the range of the iron ores toward the south- west , also produced large quantities of ore , which , however ...
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... soon likely to be of practical importance . Other immense bodies of these ores , estimated to contain many millions of tons , are found on Black River , which empties into the Mississippi below St. Croix river , on the line of the Land ...
... soon likely to be of practical importance . Other immense bodies of these ores , estimated to contain many millions of tons , are found on Black River , which empties into the Mississippi below St. Croix river , on the line of the Land ...
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... soon fashioned into a dense bar of smooth surface , susceptible of a polish , and suited for the manufacture of cutting instruments . Sometimes it is cut into pieces to be refaggoted , and drawn down again into bars , which are then ...
... soon fashioned into a dense bar of smooth surface , susceptible of a polish , and suited for the manufacture of cutting instruments . Sometimes it is cut into pieces to be refaggoted , and drawn down again into bars , which are then ...
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... soon after opened in a district of metamorphic slates , near their junction with the lower silurian limestones . The copper was met with in the form of pyritous ore , red oxide , and black copper , beneath large outcropping masses of ...
... soon after opened in a district of metamorphic slates , near their junction with the lower silurian limestones . The copper was met with in the form of pyritous ore , red oxide , and black copper , beneath large outcropping masses of ...
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